The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
Washington Letter.
Correspondence Of THE cLARIos.l
WAsHfre.Tox Tan 12

/ WARRINGTON, an. 2s, 1851
/ The present Congress has redeemed its
reputation during the first half OF this, its
last session, and it will now go down TO
| history honored, even if it should do moth
Ing more for the remainder OF Its life The
enactment of the Presidential Succession
bill has been followed By that regulating
| the Electoral Count, and 20 double peril
| 10 removed. 1t IL now pretty certain that
President NCleveland's successors viii be
elected and inaugurated without any re-
sort to partisan war-a calamity that hith-
erto has been averted only by the tolerance
| OF the people.
But this ia not half of what has been ac-
complished. The interstate Commerce
bill, ''for better or for worse" has gone
through both Houses, and only awaits the
Executive signature to become law
Then a rigorous anti-polygamy measure
has at last been passed an investigation
of the Pacific Railroad erookedness has
been ordered, and the old Mexican veter-
ans are about to be pensioned.
At the end of this Congress, the terms
of one-third of the whole number OF United
States Senators expire. While some OF
them have been reelected, Others will
be succeeded by new men. 1t is noticea-
BILE that Federal soldiers are getting scarce
| All Lie E~EHdLe. mere are OLiy 5ENCn u1Eu
who fought on the Union side during the
war, while there are sixteen whose names
are on the muster rolls of the Confederacy.
1t liz probable that only three of the ex-
Federals will be left when the Senate is
called to order at the commencement of
the next session. These will be Senators
hawley, Anderson and Plnmb. Fifteen
Republican Senators will be sworn in on
the Attn of next March. This will
leave the Senate with twenty ex-Confeder-
ates, and three soldiers of the Union.
In regard to Lieutenant Emory's Arctic
trip, Secretary Whitney has expressed
himself in no uncertain language. Refer |
ring to the report that the Lieutenant
wanted to go north in the "TLetis," he said
the United States had something else to do
with its vessels, naval officers and sailors
besides sending them off on Arctic expedi
tions. 81 will not say, however," contin-
ued the Secretary, "that there will be no
such expedition under the present admin
istration, but certainly not with my con-
sent. No one will receive orders from me
for such trip in consonance with my
wishes.n
The President is in good health again,
but he is careful to favor his rheumatic
knee on all occasions He felt compelled
tic Shrine which visited the city during
the week, for fear of the damp air to which
he would be exposed, and he could not go
to the top of the Washington Monument
with Mrs. Cleveland and Mr.. Corcoran,
according to appointment. This trip to
the clouds had been arranged Tor three
O'Clock, and at that hour everything was
in readiness for the distinguished visitors.
The interior of the monument was electric |
ally lighted from top to bottom, flre was
built in the boiler house, steam was gener- |
ated, and several preliminary trips OF the
elevator had been made to see that every |
thing was in complete running order for
the expected visit of the President. Mrs.
Cleveland was on time, and announcing In |
disappointed tone that the President was
not able to come, gracefully rendered her
arm to the venerable Mr.. Corcoran, and
conducted him to the elevator. The air
inside the mon nument is damp and chilly, |
and when the marble door swung open |
blast rushed out that almost took the
breath of those entering. The visitors
looked down upon the magnificent pano-
rama at the 500 foot level. Mrs. Cleveland |
took especial interest in the White House,
and tried hard to recognize familiar tg- |
ure at the library window.
Tomorrow the prominent advocates OF
woman suffrage will begin their nineteenth /
annual convention in this city. and to-
morrow Senator Blair will make an effort
to have the woman suffrage amendment to
the Constitution discussed in the Senate.
Miss Susan B. Anthony, who has been here
for some weeks, is as grim and hopeful
and resolute as ever, wearing her defeats
of the last forty years as cheerfully as
other veterans wear plumes OF victory
She doesn't think at all we'll of press re-
porters. however She says, where women
are concerned, at least, the reporters are
sure to sieze upon triviality and ring its
changes to the exclusion OF business. She |
mentioned that when she spoke in Chicago
last week, dog that came with newspa-
per reporter ran across the stage and |
springing up laid his nose ON her shoulder. |
81 prophesied to the audience then," con- |
tinued she, ''that that dog would figure in |
the press reports more conspicuously than |
anything that was said or done, and 80 he
did,
Miss Anthony does not change much as
the years go by The opening OF some new
avenue for the employment of women, or
some new gleam of hope from State Leg
islature, always comes opportuneiy to offset
the effects Of years and labors that might
otherwise be adding new wrinkles to her
brow. CAs.